| ACASĂ, MY HOME, the striking debut feature by Radu Ciorniciuc, opens today in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle and in select cities in virtual theaters and cinemas. Following its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, the film was honored with a Special Jury Award for Cinematography and went on to garner awards at notable festivals around the world. Most recently the film was nominated for the Cinema Eye Honors, IDA Awards and European Film Awards. In the wilderness of the Bucharest Delta, an abandoned water reservoir just outside the bustling metropolis, the Enache family lived in perfect harmony with nature for two decades, sleeping in a hut on the lakeshore, catching fish barehanded, and following the rhythm of the seasons. When this area is transformed into a public national park, they are forced to leave behind their unconventional life and move to the city, where fishing rods are replaced by smartphones and idle afternoons are now spent in classrooms. As the family struggles to conform to modern civilization and maintain their connection to each other and themselves, they each begin to question their place in the world. With an empathetic and cinematic eye, filmmaker Radu Ciorniciuc offers viewers a compelling tale of a family living on the fringes of society in Romania, fighting for acceptance and their own version of freedom. |
Radu Ciorniciuc co-founded the first independent media organization in Romania – Casa Jurnalistului, a community of reporters specialized in in-depth, long-form and multimedia reporting. Since then, he has been working as a long-form writer and undercover investigative reporter. His research is focused on human rights, animal welfare and environmental issues across the globe. His investigative and reporting work was published on most of the major international media organizations in the world – Channel 4 News, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, etc. – and received national and international awards.
His journalistic work was acknowledged by Royal Television Society UK (2014), Amnesty International UK (2014), Harold Wincott Awards for Business, Economic and Financial Journalism (2016), and by other international and national prestigious institutions.
